Pechakucha Nambour: Hamlet's Fate

I don't really like public speaking, but I was talked into presenting at Pechakucha night #4 at Nambour Civic Centre, along with 8 other creative people, including designers, photographers and artists.

The audience was really enthusiastic about my work and I'm really happy that I managed to pluck up the courage. Here's the two of me showing  "Hamlet's Fate", an oil painting on canvas of my friend's pig, Hamlet. The painting features the text of a poem written by my brother (not visible in this photo).

You can see more of Pechakucha Night over here at Flickr.

Pretty Pink Bathrooms...

It's no secret to anyone who knows me that I absolutely adore pink! I even have a big pink mower called Marilyn - with a matching two-tone pink grease gun. And my bathroom is a symphony in pink, as you can see:

It's a work in progress though, as for the life of me I can't find a pink toilet. (If anyone out there knows of one, please please let me know!).

My love of pink and porcelain came together in this portrait. I'd been inspired to draw some sketches of my bathroom in my diary. On another page, purely from imagination, I'd drawn this girl with a rose in her hair. In this painting, I've blended the two themes together into a surreal, dreamlike image: